Take-up mechanism for circular looms



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A. DE LASKI. TAKE-UP'MEOHANISMFOR CIRCULAR LOMS.v

No. 503,863. Patented Aug. 22, 1893.

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A. DE LASKI. TAKE-UP MECHANISM PQR CIRCULAR LOUMS.

No. 503,863. Patented Aug. 22, 1893.

UNITED STA-TES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT DE LASKI, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TAKE-UP MECHANISM FOR CIRCULAR LOOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,863, dated August 22, 1893. Application tiled April 10l 1891. Serial No. 388,419. (No model.) Patented in England March 1l, 1892No. 4,7817.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT DE LAsKI, o Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Take-Up Mechanism for Circular Looms, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 4,817, dated March ll, 1892;) and II do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to that part of circular looms which involves the means, or mechanism, employed for drawing oft', or taking away,from the weavingpin,the tubular woven fabric (whether taken 0E by itself, or in connection with some sort of tubular lining, or solid core),and usually designated the takeoif mechanism.

Previous to my invention, mechanisms for this purpose have been devised and used, an instance of one of which is to be seen in Letters Patent granted to me December 20,1887, No. 375,135, and the take-off mechanism which constitutes the subject of this application might be used in connection with a loom, such, for instance, as shown in my said patent; although I have practically employed it in connection with an improved circular loom, novel features of which I have made the subjects matter of two other applications for Letters Patent, filed simultaneously with this one, and serially numbered, respectively, No. 388,417 and No. 388,418.

My present invention has for its main objects, to provide for use, in connection with an improved circular loom, of that type, which permits the presence of the operative within the frame-work of the loom and beneath the weaving mechanism, (in order to conveniently run, or manage, the machine) a take-off mechanism that will not interfere materially with the movements of the operative, and one over which he can have convenient and perfect control, so as to stop its automatic action at pleasure and manipulate it by hand, and also one which can be adjusted, by the shifting and addition of certain parts, so as to operate perfectly to take olf either a woven tube in a practically iattened condition, or to take off a woven tubular jacket which surrounds, either a solid cylindrical article, or a rubber tube; in which latter case it is necessary, of course, to take off the jacketed and finished article without mashing it.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention relates to make and useatakeoff mechanism, containing, either wholly, or

partially, the novel structural features made the subject of this application, I will now proceed to more fully describe my invention, re-

ferring by letters to the accompanying drawor side view partially in section, of my improved take-off mechanism, and showing only so much of the lower portion of a circular loom as is necessary, in order to properly explain the character of my present invention. Fig. la, is a detail skeleton view, on an enlarged scale, of some of the parts seen at Fig. 1, and illustrates, more particularly, the shifting of one of the gears, on a splined shaft. Fig. 2, is a similar elevation, or side view, of the take-0E mechanism, viewed in a direction at right angles to that in which it is seen at Fig. 1, and from the left hand side. Fig. 3, is a side View, or elevation, of the contrivance, showing the side opposite to that seen in Fig.v 2, and also showing the shifting, of certain parts, and the elimination and addition of certain parts made in changing the take-off mechanism, to adapt it to the removal, from the weaving pin of the loom, ofr

a jacketed hose, or other article, which has to be drawn away from the loom in a tubular, or unfiattened condition. Fig. 4, is a partial top-view, of the mechanism shown, in elevation, at Fig. 3. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of one of the devices, detached.

In the several views the same part will be found always designated by the same letters and numerals of reference.

Suitably secured, to a separate foundation support, or to, the central portion of the metallic base-plate, of the loom-frame, is a hollow metallic post, or column-like stand W, within, and on, which are arranged all the working-or operative, parts `of the take-off mechanism. Within this standis arranged, in suitable bearings, as shown, the central vertical shaft which has mounted on i`t,tov

turn loosely, vnear its lower end, a beveled pinion 102, that is in" constant engagementg..

that runs close' to -thel base-plate o'fthe ina-f chine, and to the door on which the machine rests, and which is provided, at its outer end, with a worrnlgear (not` shoWnlthat'engage's with .the'wo'rmlon the -loWer,end-'ot a ver-f tical shaft y. Said shaft, through the me-'l` dium of 'al-pair ot beveled pinions (not shown),2 receives the necessary power and motion, (atj itsuppe'rend) from the main drive-shaftof the loom. This mechanism, or combination? of devices, for thus conveying the necessary? "newer, or'inotien, from the main-shaft ofthe?` looni'to the'lieveled Lpinion wi, of the trike-pfffL 'mechani's1n, is, however, shown nierely, a`s one ofthenieane by Ywhich said beveled pinion: may be dri'ven, and, is", of course, allim'matef ri'al'to' my' invention; since the said beveled pinion, andth-r'o'ugh itth'e devicesojf the take-- JKoilijrl'echan-isil, might be driven by entirely? differentA nie-ans, or in Sonie other suitable manner: Ii-nniediatelyabove the lobse, beiT` eled p'iiiio'n 102,01? the'take-o mechanism, is' splined, on' the' vertical shaft 3,-a'cl iitch .def vieelwwhich bymea'n's' o'f'a siiitablespiral springx, 'and the x'e'd collar :t2 (ou the ver-` tice-r eneft) ie, normally; kept in ernten with "the clutching' face Of the hub of' the loose 'g'tlj,SQ' aSfOk'p th Sllfi 003 iii lio'tiO'Ii iintgby'tlie 'nee' of e foot-leverw, pivotedi inthe' metallic stand,of' th'e take-olf n'leeh 't anisin, and properly" eonneeted withthe;y Aclutchv devieew'by'the' usuel expedientofi pins, projecting; inwardlyY front the rippen..

irlgpin0l1`w2, flll' 'thefsliaft 023, SO as To" Stpf all the movements' of' the take-ol devices, Ir'per, and fltl'e purpose 0f manipll'lti'g the'rriiby hand power (as 'vv'ill be presently explained), whenever occasion ina-'y i--eqjuire.t VOn-tlie-upper-'enddfthesliaft wijs 'mounted nientsvith esiinilar .gear w3, that'is spline-d ontotliellorizontel shaft, or spindle, e; "from pleasure, ina'uianner and'for a purposeftobe 'hereinafter explained.

THe" spindle, or' arbor, z", which" is mounted in suitable bearing boxes, in the vup'p'erpor-- tion of'fthe' metallic stand, 'islp'rovided, atone which, however, it' may 'be easily' freindvedat the laterallyyprojeeti-njgf bracket a: y, of the nl'etallicstand' W, andthisl intermediate pinion e, engages With,a spur-gear z2, thatvis mounted, fast, on one end of the central, or middle, one of the three arbore, or spindles, 1, 2,1 3,- on Whicharefmounted (as shown at Figs. 1 and 2) the three take-0E rolls 0 fu, the pe- `ripheries of which runv sufficiently close together-to `takethe proper' bite on the tubular flattened fabric, to be removed from the weaving pin 02, of the loom; the peripheral sur- "iseisfofv points, or small sharp teeth (such as seen on the rolls shown at Fig. 4) to render the rolls'better capable of takingholdof, and 'ipulling-l away 'fin the- Weaving'p'in ofthe Gloom, tlie'llattene'd tubular fabric: Each of the tlir'e'ear'bors, or spindlespollfvvhich' these `:sa'id'r take-o" rell's" are'ln'ourted is' provided withfa'spurlpinion; and these three p infions, ,.Qf, Q?, Q3, are geared 'tegethen as' clearly lslierten,se th'at'all threeof the re'llsare driven, "With a uniform peripheral spiced andihitlle ,prperdiletionst through thein'ed'iitn of the :driving-gear z2;

The ripper' portion, 'or' headlfranie; .so to speak, of the take-olf mechanisr'nstand-,is ltriade separatefroin the lower, or supporting portion and hinge-d 'theretdjes' elearlyfshown j' box-lilie'portion, ott-lie metallic rstand nitty be `vibrated back`a'ndffor'th, to ac'elfta'in extent, fat" itsii'pper end, and may' 'beset' atandheld in, diierent positions of adj iietn'ient, ny' means Eof the hinged, threaded rod, ot", and nutv d10 lforjpiir'poses 'robe `presently explained; f j

` The uppelportionof 'the hollow metallic ttn'd'is' purposely mede' with a sniiicientiopenorepertnrede, to enableftlie operative to `,ill's'ertz li`s"ha"nl, as" circumstance may'iequit-e.M 1 n l E,ffE',represent twota'keloft r'll's, eachni'ade jwith'aicirciixnferential groovdipreferabl-y' pi-oL 'vided witlisin'allradial-teeth, orsliariipoints, which; rdlls'jare employed, wnenthe,niaohine is" adjusted, orv arranged, as' eliown', at Figs.' '3 a'nd4,.tetake o ajaeketedarticle,(which has to'beteken' ejwttyfroin' thefweaving pin cal, or unliattenedV condition an'd D, reprei selits;aire'rlr'iovable and a'ttachabl'edev'ice,` coinpiising' tliinf'at,'ba'r, having alterally'project-ing ovalisliapfed, Vand Warped, orbent, eye ids, that is" used in connection Withlthese oeved'rllg in am'anner 'and'v'fora" purpose j tofbepr'esentlyirnore 'fdllyexplained.

`, Whenthe tak'elol- ,mechanism Vistobe -e'lnplo'yenl to take away "from thewjeaviiigpin' o, Sofi-the' loom,:theWoventdbular'fabrcin a-iiat- :tened: condition, tneparisfueed, are'all tlioee f een `at'Figs. 1end-'2, adjusted andfopereting jtogetlieras" illustratedineetid figures, and', in ft`heoperation of.` the'jl'ne'chanisln, thusadj' ustfed, thefin'i's'hed andy flattened tubulafrffabric ,passes` dwfn" 'tangentially in'to centac't with and partially' around `the'p'eri'piliiery of "tlieupper one of the three take-olf rolls; thence'beincest-oftherolls being-usually provided with 'et es eo; niet the said liead1frarne, or' upper' IOO ianddis'eharged from lthe leonil` in' a oylindritween the said roll and the upper peripheral portion of the next lower roll, around which latter it makes about ahalf turn; and thence the material passes between the periphery of the said roll and that of the lowermost one, from whence'the attened fabric is discharged, and is carried off and laid into any suitable receptacle. In the operation of thus taking off the iiattened woven fabric, the rotatory shaft x3, of course, imparts the necessary continuous movements, through the medium of the pinions 104, and w3, and the system of spurvgearing shown, to the three take-off rolls; and,

to vary the speed of these take-off rolls (to adapt the machine to the taking-off of different sized fabrics, woven at different speeds) the removable, or changeable, pinion e7, is removed and apinion of another size substituted therefor; the spindle of the adjustable pinion z being, of course, shifted in the slot of stand 0c y to properly engage with the new pinion substituted for e7; all in a manner familiar to the ordinarily skilled mechanic.

As it is sometimes necessary, or expedient, to run the circular loom in different directions, provision is made for reversing the action of the driving pinion 104, on the take-off rolls, (which latter must, of course, always revolve in the same direction, to pull the woven fabric away from the weaving-pin of the loom, and properly discharge it.) This provision consists in having the beveled pinion w3, removable, as before remarked, from the spindle z', and the latter easily detachable from the metallic stand of the take-pif mechanism, so that, in the event of changing the direction of motion of the entire loom mechanism, the operator has simply, while removing the pinion e, to pull, or draw out, the spindle z', and by putting his hand through,the.

aperture a ,shift the position of the beveled pinion w3, so-that it will engage with the-pinion fw, on the opposite side of the latter, and then replace the spindle e', and reapply its pinion e7, when, although the pinion w4, may then be rotated in the opposite direction to that in which it previously turned, the spindle e', and all the gears and rolls of the takeoff mechanism will rotate in the same direction in which they formerly turned. This shifting of the bevel pinion w3, on the splined shaft, or spindle a', is fully illustrated at Fig. 1', where I have shown the parts ou an enlarged scale, and in which 20 represents the spline, or groove, in the shaft z', and where I have shown the bevel pinion w3, shifted to engage with the driving bevel pinion m4, at a point diametrically opposite to that at which said pinion w3, engages with said gear m4, when in the position shown at Fig. 1. The said pinion w3, being shown merely in dotted lines, in Fig. 1, to better show the shifting manipulation.

When it is desired to shift, or adjust, the parts of the take-off mechanism, to adapt it to the removal from the weaving-pin, of a finished fabric, or jacketed article, in a cylindrical, or unflattened, condition, all of the rolls, 0o, are removed from the machine. The lower one of the three spindles, in the headframe, is then removed and replaced in suitable journal boxes in the slotted,bracketlike, projections, or lateral ear-pieces Q7, of the head-frame, in such manner that the spurgear Q3 will engage with the pinion Q of the upper spindle 1; and the said upper spindle 1 and the said shifted spindle 3 are then provided with the set of circumferentiallygrooved take-off rolls E; all as clearly shown at Figs. 3 and 4- of the drawings. Then by a proper adjustment and securement in place, of the detachable cross-bar, as shown, with its ovalshaped, warped, guide-ring, or eye d8, as shown, and a proper adjustment of the hinged head-frame, by means of its adjusting screwbolt a, and nut @10, see Fig. 3 (so as to bring the space between the two grooved rollers vertically in line beneath the axis of the weaving-pin of the loom) the tubular fabric will be held and guided, as it passes through the eye d8; beneath which it will pass into the bite of the grooved rollers, E, and will be led by them, and drawn away, or pulled down, with a uniform speed, and discharged from the loom in a perfect condition.

The object aud eect of the oval-shaped eye d8, are to avoid the partial flattening of the cylindrical article (if tubular and compressible), in an opposite direction,whieh practice and experience have demonstrated it is the tendency of the grooved rollers to effect; and to prevent the injurious effects, on some kinds of finished articles, resulting from any such partial `fiatteuing of the finished fabric, or from any pinching of the fabric, at opposite points, between the peripheral surfaces of the take-0E rolls, and at the vicinity of the circumferential lines where the grooves run into the plain surfaces of the peripheries.

I have found, 'by practice and experience, that not only is it necessary to employ some guiding device, such as the eye d8,which will distort the cylindrical fabric, if hollow, in the direction indicated, but also that it is very important to have this guiding eye shaped so, as to lie as closely as possible to the peripheral surfaces of the take-off rolls, where the nished article enters the bite of the rolls, and, for this reason, I make the ellipticallyshaped guide-eye, curved, or warped, as indi` cated (see Figs. 3 and 5), in order that it may guide and hold the finished fabric, or article, in the best possible shape to permitthe takeoff rolls to draw away the article, without any injurious effect on the latter; and I consider this structural feature of the take-off mechanism an important one, where the said mechanism has to be used under the conditions and for the purposes illustrated at Figs. 3 and 4.

It will be observed that, when adjustable in either of its two positions, or when doing either of the two species of work for which it is de- YSo roo

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loon1. frame, and immediately beneath thei Weaving-pin, :is capable ofr being operated, .j

through the means shown or some other, in suehmanner, that the 'connection betweenthey vertical,shaftl x3, and the source fromvsfhieh power-andflnotion isV imparted to saidshafig can be' placed close vto theiioor, and'sofas'notir toobstruotfthe free passage, or walking, ofthe operative, allaround-the take-off mechanism, g se `th athe kcan `h ave perf eetlyfree,` access'sto the shuttlescand threads, l and'othe'r' devices-of the, :i over-head, weaving mechanism. It will also be?y seen that the operative can, veryconveniently,,.`

stop andfholdfin anfinoperative condition,,the drivingimechauismof. the take-o, withfoner foot, while-at .the'same-timdhe can,b.y the use of the'hand-Wheel w7, manipulate the'take-offl rolls (eitherwhile the loomziscrunning,v ornot)f for any of` the well known purposes:for-Which:` this operation .may be necessary, or ieonven-f ierlt'.V

-Offcourse, llr'ianyofthe precisedetailsof conf struction as Wellfasthe formsand proportions ofthe parts,- may bevaried,4 `rWthout-materially changing-` the `novell structural features of the;I take-off mechanism herein shown and". de-

scribed. Y

Havingfnow so fully explained the construction andr operation (under both conditions-of adjustment) of luy-improved devicethatfthose' skilled i'n'thev artcanzmake and use a takeo mechanism i. involving, either partially. or.

Whollyythe novel structural. features'mades ,t

1the'snbject of this'application, andvwishing. it to be understood thatuthe separable fea-` tures'may be -separatelyemployed :with morey 'orf lessv advantage,-though I prefer to have; themcombinedfin one mechanism, what-1I:-

krclaim as new, and-.desire toseeure by Letters Patent, is.- A q 1. In atake-0E mechanism,the-;combination Lwith a suitable supportingl stand ;ja Vertical .shaft arranged therein; the horizontal spindle z geared to said vertical .shaft;the take-off irons; and au systemrof gears vbywv'hitzhthe necyessarymotion iis-transmitted fromspindle z', .to the. said .take-01T rolls,of a;` hand-wheel applied to said-spindlegand aclutch mechanfismlconnecting the lower endoff-said vertical shaft- -with a.l constantly rotatingadrive-gear .and provided withfa .foot-lever, .orf t'readle; all @substantially :island-for the pu'rpose'sis'et forth.

gwith thestand, orcolumn W.l,lprovided with a .swing-ing and adjustable headfframe having ybraclrletsand Vbearing .boxes,'and vthe .removggabletakeoff rollsyof means; fol-drivingT said f lrolls, `and ra' shifting, roll-'spindle fand gear, -as aspeciied; wherebyV the 'said.mechanism may @be transposed fromoneadaptedlto taheo a fiatteued-fabrictoxone adapted totake olii a tubulanfabrie; alle substantial lyv asfhereinbe- 1Q fore set forth..

d .3. -In.atake-olfmechanismiadapted 'to the iremovaliof a-` finished? articlein atubular-cong: dition, the combination withapairofcircumferer1tiallyigrooved take-0E rolls, of anrellipfaticallyf shaped andY bentyor warped,.rguide i ring, fonthe tubulararti-cle,` arrangedrin close .proximity to the biteof.thersaidtake-off rolls :ony the' atieleyallA substantially as and for the purpose hereinbeforeset lforth.

In `Witnesswhereof YI `have shereuntofset my ha-nd this. 6th day of`Apri1, 1891.

-1 ALBERT DELASKI.

IIn presenceroil- J N; Mo-IN'HRE, M. E. FOXTEN.

2. In a take-olfmechanism,V the combination ,Y 

